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迎

yíng

Definition

to welcome
to meet
to face
to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)

Character Decomposition

Related words (33)

to escort the bride; the groom's family sends a marriage sedan 花轎|花轿 to escort the bride

to face an attack; to repulse the enemy

to cater to; to pander to

to meet head-on; face-to-face; directly

(of a groom) to escort the bride to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry

to welcome a guest; to entertain a customer (of prostitute)

to meet the enemy head-on

to meet; to welcome; to greet; reception; to receive

to see in the New Year; to welcome new guests; by extension, to receive new students

to clear a firebreak by setting a counter-fire

directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)

in the wind; facing the wind; downwind

yíng chūn huā

winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)

yíng tóu dǎ jī

to hit head on

yíng tóu gǎn shàng

to try hard to catch up

yíng jiē tiǎo zhàn

to meet a challenge

yíng shén sài huì

folk festival, esp. involving shrine or image of God

yíng miàn ér lái

directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)

yíng fēng piāo wǔ

to whirl about in the wind

to greet; to go out to meet

failure to meet; (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally

(honorific) to greet; to fawn

welcome; to welcome

to fawn on; to ingratiate oneself; (literary) to meet face to face

shòu huān yíng

popular; well-received

bù shòu huān yíng

unwelcome

jiā dào huān yíng

to line the streets in welcome

bù fáng yíng zhàn

to prepare to meet the enemy head-on

qū yì féng yíng

to bow down to everything sb says or does; to act submissively in order to ingratiate oneself

yǒu shī yuǎn yíng

(polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you

huān yíng guāng lín

welcome

sòng wǎng yíng lái

see 迎来送往

sòng jiù yíng xīn

usher out the old, greet the new; esp. to see in the New Year

Idioms (6)

yíng rèn ér jiě

(lit.) (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); (fig.) easily solved

yíng tóu tòng jī

to deliver a frontal assault; to meet head-on (idiom)

yíng lái sòng wǎng

(lit.) to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests; all time taken over with social niceties

yíng fēng zhāo zhǎn

to flutter in the wind (idiom)

xiào liǎn xiāng yíng

to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)

cí jiù yíng xīn

ring out the old year and ring in the New Year (idiom); farewell to the old and welcome the new; out with the old, in with the new; see the old year out and the new year in; remembering the old and welcoming the new

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